Colgate-Palmolive · 2 days ago
Sr Brand Manager- Innovation
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$139K/yr - $174K/yr
10+ years expColgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. As a Senior Brand Manager- Innovation, you will be responsible for driving the category's long-term innovation strategy, leading the ideation, development, and execution of category innovation while ensuring market readiness.
BeautyConsumer GoodsHealth CarePersonal Care and Hygiene
Responsibilities
Strategic Innovation & Pipeline Leadership
Vision Setting & Portfolio Ownership: Own and develop a comprehensive 3-5 year innovation portfolio and growth strategy, proactively identifying and prioritizing breakthrough white space opportunities, business gaps, and product solutions that directly align with long-term corporate priorities
Consumer Advocacy: Maintain a relentless 'people-obsessed' focus by monitoring global emerging category trends, competitive activity, and consumer behavior shifts. You will be the ultimate champion and voice of the consumer in all executive-level strategic decisions
Cultural Transformation: Embed a high-impact culture of innovation across the organization by championing new global marketing practices, advanced strategic thinking, and transformative technology adoption. Act as an inspiring thought leader and a visible change agent within the company and with external partners
Research, Insights, and Value Creation
Strategic Insights Governance: Direct the consumer learning agenda by establishing strategic priorities and governance with the Insights team, leading complex global qualitative and quantitative research efforts to unlock new growth vectors
Concept Architect: Translate deep research findings and complex consumer 'jobs to be done' into transformative, high-value solutions and commercial concepts that generate significant perceivable consumer value and market disruption
Executive Project Governance & Cross-Functional Leadership
Program Management & Accountability: Lead complex, multi-year innovation programs by establishing governance and orchestrating multiple high-performing, global cross-functional teams (including Sales, Brand Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, Packaging, and Design)
Executive Flawless Execution: Own and ensure best-in-class execution of the innovation portfolio through the stage-gate process, consistently delivering strong results across a significant number of simultaneous, high-priority initiatives
Executive Influence & Buy-in: Design and deliver persuasive, executive-level presentations to influence and secure buy-in from C-suite and senior global leaders. You will be responsible for synthesizing complex project updates, strategic recommendations, and multi-year growth plans
External Ecosystem Leadership: Lead high-stakes partnerships with external agencies, start-ups, and vendors to amplify innovative thinking, secure necessary external expertise, and accelerate new opportunities to market
Talent Development & People Management: Lead, mentor, and manage a team of Brand Managers and/or Associate Brand Managers. Be accountable for their performance management, career development, and building a high-performance innovation culture within the team
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
10+ years of total progressive commercial experience (e.g., Marketing, Sales, Finance), with at least 5 years specifically in Brand Marketing or Innovation leadership roles
Prior experience directly managing, mentoring, and developing direct reports (e.g., Brand Managers, Associate Brand Managers)
Preferred
MBA or Master's degree in a relevant field
8+ years of relevant CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) experience, ideally in a global or multi-market context
Demonstrated mastery in creativity, strategic foresight, and complex business acumen
Proven track record of driving significant, measurable business results and successfully influencing cross-functional global partners and senior executive leadership
Exceptional organizational, program management, and governance skills with the ability to lead multiple complex programs simultaneously while maintaining absolute delivery excellence
Demonstrated ability to drive enterprise-level data-driven decision-making, effectively storytelling with complex data, and translating macro-insights into compelling narratives that influence stakeholders and secure multi-million dollar investments
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Basic life insurance
Paid parental leave
Disability coverage
Participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
A minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days
13 paid holidays
Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws.
Company
Colgate-Palmolive
Make More Smiles.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15.15MKey Investors
SMILE HealthThird PointVontobel
2023-08-08Non Equity Assistance
2022-10-18Post Ipo Equity
2021-03-16Post Ipo Equity· $15.15M
Leadership Team
Stephan Habif
Chief Technology Officer
Stanley J. Sutula III
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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